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Fruitcake is the most maligned Christmas dessert. Poor thing. But with that reputation comes fun and informative videos! Here are some fruitcake-related videos featuring songs, puppets, guns, recipes, and more. More

What's the best way to express your love for fish tacos? Your fast food order at a drive-thru? Your frustration at Whole Foods? Instructions for cooking a burger? Through the power of rap!...okay, maybe that's not the best way, but it's entertaining. Check out some of our favorite food-related raps in our latest playlist. More

Behold another "I don't know where this food holiday came from, but I'm not going to argue with it" holiday: National Cake Day, aka November 26. If you haven't eaten cake in a while, tomorrow is your day! Here are some of our favorite cake-related videos featuring pretty cakes, ugly cakes, extreme cakes, stop-motion cake animation, and more. More

You could spend hours roasting a turkey, or get it ready in less than an hour by deep frying it. Just make sure you don't set your house on fire. Here are some videos showing the right and wrong ways to deep fry turkey. More

We're counting down to Thanksgiving, and thinking back through all our favorite turkey memories. Check out our playlist for turkey-carving tips, memorable television turkey moments, our bizarre national tradition of pardoning turkeys, and much more. More

"An all-pie Thanksgiving should be mandatory in this country," said our SE overlord Ed famously (at least in this office) last week. We were gathering around the kitchen our all-pie Thanksgiving, his fantasy realized. We shouldn't have to prove to you at this point that we love pie. That flaky, tender crust can be filled with everything from soft, cinnamon-speckled apples to chicken, carrots, and burst-ready peas. Here are some videos that celebrate the pie! More

Happy National Fast Food Day (also known as November 16)! In honor of this random holiday, here are some of our favorite fast food-related videos. Learn some history about fast food, see how people are using fast food creatively, listen to fast food raps, and more. Subscribe to the Serious Eats channel to get updated about our new videos. More

We love ramen whether it's made with care in a restaurant or made in three minutes in a styrofoam cup. Here are some ramen-related videos showing a tour of a ramen factory, how to cook ramen, wacky instant ramen commercials, interviews with ramen chefs, and more. More

Today's playlist is all about fermented grape juice. Ever wonder how to tell if your wine is bad? Want to know how to swirl your wine without spilling it all over? Or how to open Champagne with a saber? We've included some of our favorite wine videos from around the web, including one wine lover's attempt to pair wine with breakfast cereal. More

What to do with leftovers from an instant mashed potatoes taste test: feed them to Hambone. (Not all of them, just a few spoonfuls.) Watch Hambone lick away potatoes like never before in our playlist of dogs and cats eating mashed potatoes. Subscribe to the Serious Eats channel to get updated about our new videos. More

We like eating tacos, watching people make tacos, learning how to make tacos, and listening to songs about tacos—all things you'll find videos for in our taco playlist! Subscribe to the Serious Eats channel to get updated about our new videos. More

Sugary, flavored, carbonated water: Why do we love it so much? Because it's fun and it tastes good! ...And it's aggressively marketed. Here's a collection of some of our favorite soda-related videos, including a look inside a massive soda store, some soda recipes, fun things you can do with soda, classic soda commercials, and more. You can subscribe to the Serious Eats channel to get updated about our new videos. More

We love eggs, plain and simple. We love to wake up to them as much as we love throwing a fried one on dinner leftovers. Here are some videos where are eggs dance, are poached, and get gobbled by Paul Newman. You can subscribe to the Serious Eats channel to get updated about our new videos. More

Candy corn is one of Halloween's most iconic and divisive candies. But as many haters as there are—some of whom are in our office (we've got lovers too)—this tricolored triangular candy is here to stay. Here are some videos showing how it's made in a factory, how you can make it at home, how to fry it, how it can be used in space, and more. More